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Mar
31
Can Anything Kill the Deadly Bacteria on Endoscopes?

The Seattle hospital that increased controls after a superbug outbreak still finds contamination 3 percent of the time

Hospitals are discovering that it's nearly impossible to clean endoscopes blamed for spreading deadly bacteria that have sparked lawsuits from patients and sent device regulators scrambling for a fix.

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